Sammy Sosa became the 5th player all time

I was a big Sosa fan on the mid to late 90's...had a Sosa shirt, bobble head doll...bought his baseball cards etc...but I have really soured on Sosa...I thought it was kind of sad to see Sosa hit #600 in Texas playing for a crap team and really not getting the buzz this event would normally receive because of his past and steroid suspicions...

Now Sosa has not officially been caught using the juice right??? Should people feel the way they do about Sosa because of a suspicion, is that fair, or is it just?

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Tim Murray (Buffalo Sabres GM) Quotes: 'It's Easy To Spend Money' "I’ve said at the start that if you don’t want to be here we’ll make it happen'

“We’re more competitive. We’ve got a lot of character now. We have leadership now. That’s important to me when you’re adding young players every year"

I'll be straight I'm not up to buff on the juice allegations but have there been any about him...there's a big difference that I see is it looks almost obvious that Bonds shot up and he's a d!ck anyway so that's why there's a big cloud around him...not sure if the same can be said about Sosa...that and he's not really going to challenge such a milestone like Juicy McJuice Juice....

I was a big Sosa fan on the mid to late 90's...had a Sosa shirt, bobble head doll...bought his baseball cards etc...but I have really soured on Sosa...I thought it was kind of sad to see Sosa hit #600 in Texas playing for a crap team and really not getting the buzz this event would normally receive because of his past and steroid suspicions...

Now Sosa has not officially been caught using the juice right??? Should people feel the way they do about Sosa because of a suspicion, is that fair, or is it just?

I think part of it's just that numbers themselves don't carry the same weight they used to with the bandbox parks, possibly juiced balls and definitely juiced players. Plus it's been three years since Sosa was a major player anyway, he's basically hung on for the last 30+ HR's to put up the 600 number so that's also part of the reason it hasn't got much attention.

Sosa was caught cheating, just not with the juice (with cork). And he cut a laughable figure in front of Congress but it was a smarter approach than McGwire took obviously since Sosa largely escaped the wrath McGwire got. I also remember him getting testy when Rick Reilly - an SI writer - dared him to take a steroid test after Sosa had said he'd be first in line to take a test if the union ever approved testing.

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"The Devils have high standards, that's the difference. We have a standard to live up to every year, and a couple of teams in our area don't have the standards we do." - Pat Burns

The New Jersey Devils win Stanley Cups everywhere:-NHL record for most road wins in the playoffs - 10-1 in '95 and 10-2 in '00-NHL record for most home wins in the playoffs - 12-1 in '03

Ken Griffey JR. who I like will be next in the 600 HR club. Grif has 684 I believe. He would have a lot more and possibly going for the record with Bonds if he was so often injured every season. Plus Griffey does not use steroids.

With Brett, I have to wonder why the Umpire didn't notice the bat at the time Brett was in his batting stance. If it was noticable from the Yankee's dugout....

Dude, the umps do not look for that crap. Who'd of thought of that??? I'm sure that the yankee scouts were on to Bretts shenanigans well before this game and got into billy martins ear. then again Billy Martin has been around a Looooooooong time and probably caught it himself. Good move by the crafty manager. If Brett hits into an out, you say nothing. If he hits a homer, you run out onto the field before Brett touches second base and get the umpire to call him out. I still say McPhail was WRONG to overturn the ump. And I LOATHE the yankees.

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Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is!Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!